Required & Recommended Materials for Neon Wings!
AN Acrylic Painting Workshop with Gigi Chen
Heavy Body Acrylic:
I like Golden and Utrecht Heavy Body Acrylic.
Required Color: Golden Heavy Body Acrylic: Fluorescent Pink
Suggested colors: Hansa Yellow Light
Cadmium Yellow Light Chromium Oxide Green Phthalocyanine Green Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Blue Cadmium Red Light Quinacridone Red Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Payne's Gray Mars Black Titanium White
Note: You do not need every color on this list. I will have all these colors on hand as well as if you need a boost. But please have most of the basics like earth tones.
Suggested paint set:
https://www.dickblick.com/items/utrecht-acrylic-sets-portrait-set-9-colors-2-oz-tubes/
Brushes:
Use what makes you feel comfortable! I like soft synthetic brushes in a variety of sizes in flats, rounds and filberts.
My preferences: Princeton Velvet Touch Princeton Selects Princeton Lauren Silver Crystal Series
Surface:
● Suggested Dimensions : 11 x 14 inches
You can use any size you feel comfortable with. I am using 11 x 14 to fit the time allotted for the class.
● Thick Paper, Gesso board, wood panel or canvas panel
If working on a panel, make sure that it is pre-gessoed and ready to be painted on.
Other Materials:
● Golden OPEN Acrylic Medium (Matte)
https://www.dickblick.com/items/golden-open-acrylic-medium-matte-4-oz-jar/
● Wet Palette or palette paper pad for mixing paint
https://www.dickblick.com/products/masterson-sta-wet-palette-seal/
● Palette Knife - Plastic or metal
● Painting clothes, apron or shirt to protect clothing.
● Paper towels
● Pencils and erasers
● Suggested: I will provide a reference photo we will paint as a class. You are
welcome to bring your own reference if you prefer.
You can make our own Wet Palette.
How to make a wet palette. You can make a bigger one than what is in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egFxMLawIS4
Wet Palette Materials:
Plastic container with lid, Parchment paper, Cellulose sponge
-Manor Mill will provide water cups, paper towels,